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# July 03, 2012
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/post-26419321302/
- Published: 2012-07-03T07:16:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-13T18:22:11.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: nyc, photo, coney island, fujifilm x100, black and white, bikes, #import-tumblr-2026-08-27, signs

![Green and orange steel Deno's Wonder Wheel Ferris wheel framed against a clear blue sky at Coney Island.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_0.jpg)

![Yellow sandwich board sign advertising 'CLAMS' and 'OYSTERS' on the Coney Island boardwalk.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_1.jpg)

![Pedestrians walking past yellow hand-painted food signs on a fence outside Nathan's in Coney Island.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_2.jpg)

![Vintage carnival ticket booth at Deno's Wonder Wheel Park with an illuminated red 'TICKETS' marquee sign.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_3.jpg)

![Colorful swing carousel ride with painted panels and hanging chains against a blue sky with wispy clouds.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_4.jpg)

![Two vintage road bicycles locked to a lamppost on a street with orange barricades near Coney Island.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_5.jpg)

![Corrugated metal wall beneath wooden rollercoaster trestles with a sign reading 'DON'T EVEN THINK OF PARKING HERE'.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_6.jpg)

![Neon marquee sign reading 'WONDER WHEEL' and 'THRILLS' atop the amusement park structure at Coney Island.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_7.jpg)

![Pedestrian ramp tunnel toward the sunny boardwalk, lined with red 'CONEY ISLAND' brick lettering.](https://storage.ghost.io/c/5d/97/5d978d6c-7b8d-4f8a-9b0a-641815cdd124/content/images/2012/07/26419321302_8.jpg)

It only took me 4 years, but I finally made the trek out to Coney Island this past weekend. It was hot, busy, and with lots of shirtless hairy men. Good times.

Part II Coming tomorrow.